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Music and Dance Camp in Istanbul/Turkiye!..

John Erlich - 6-2-2006 at 08:52 AM

Merhaba Sinan,

Looks like fun! I guess your time at the Mendocino camp inspired you! I hope your project is replicated around the Near East for those of us who play Arabic, Armenian, Greek, etc. music styles.

Good luck!

All the best,
Udi John
(in Berkeley)

adamgood - 6-2-2006 at 10:14 AM

Hey that sounds like a really nice camp in Istanbul...

ah, Mendocino...one of the beautiful places on earth. I was there in 2002 but for the EEFC Balkan music and Dance Camp.

John, you inspired me just go ahead and mention a few of the workshops i know that are going on this summer, not all ud/oud related but maybe enough so and if anyone's in the neighborhood of them, check 'em out:

June 15-18, Vienna, Austria...Necati Çelik teaching Turkish ud workshop
http://www.makamhane.com

from between June 26 - September 2, Houdetsi, Crete...various weeklong workshops are happening thanks to Ross Daly.
http://193.92.9.19/

June 24-July 1, Mendocino, CA...EEFC Balkan Music & Dance Workshops
but actually it's full. no more room for applications

August 12-19, Rock Hill, NY...EEFC Balkan Music & Dance Workshops
a very fun hang for learning Balkan music. I wil be teaching Macedonian Tambura, and Macedonian Izvorno Ensemble.


anybody else got something to add?

best,
Adam